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Fate Of Pacifica Golf Course Uncertain

There’s new legislation at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to shut down Sharp Park Golf course in Pacifica, so that the land could be used for hiking and outdoor recreation.

2011/09/07

Crissy Field

California Parks Offer Free Admission To Celebrate Summer Solstice

National and state parks are offering free admission on Tuesday as a celebration of the summer solstice.

KCBS–2011/06/21

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Congress OKs $4M To Preserve NorCal Coastal Wilderness

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — A huge stretch of coastal wilderness in San Mateo County will remain preserved as open space after Congress approved money to complete the purchase of nearly 4,000 acres. The San […]

CBS San Francisco–2011/05/21

Approximately 40 orcas were seen by a Sausalito whale watching expedition in March 2009, about 19 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge, inside the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. (Farallones National Marine Sanctuary)

Feds Consider Poisoning Invasive Mice On Farallon Islands

o help a tiny, rare seabird with a declining population, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is studying a plan to kill off non-native house mice with poison on the Farallon Islands.

CBS San Francisco–2011/05/20

A woman walks her dog off-leash at Crissy Field in San Francisco. (CBS)

San Francisco Supervisors May Rule Against Proposed Dog Leash Laws

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisor’s takes on the GGNRA’s proposed dog leash restrictions on Tuesday as the dividing lines between dog lovers and preservationists have been drawn.

KCBS–2011/04/23

San Pablo Bay Mare Island Strait (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, spn.usace.army.mil)

Mare Island Denied Entry To National Park System

The National Park Service has rejected a request to include the former Navy shipyard at Mare Island in its system of parks.

CBS San Francisco–2011/03/30

A dog walker escorts dogs along the beach at Crissy Field near the Golden Gate Bridge. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Lines Drawn In Battle Over Bay Area Dog Leash Restrictions

The debate over planned dog lease restrictions in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area continues.

CBS San Francisco–2011/03/06

Jellyfish that washed up on San Francisco's Ocean beach. (CBS)

Hundreds Of Jellyfish Remain Ashore At Ocean Beach

While most of the thousands of jellyfish that recently washed ashore at Ocean Beach had been washed back out to sea by high tide, officials said several hundred remained as of Tuesday and they encouraged beach patrons to leave them alone.

KPIX 5–2010/11/16

Lands End is San Francisco's wildest and rockiest coast, a place strewn with shipwrecks and rife with landslides. (Nat'l Parks Service)

Two Men, Dog Rescued From Land’s End Cliff

Two men and a dog were rescued Saturday after getting stuck down the side of a cliff at San Francisco’s Lands End, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

CBS San Francisco–2010/11/14

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